Jihadist Ideology: The Core Texts

Jihadist
Ideology: The Core Texts

Together
these texts reveal not only the ideological foundation for jihad but
also the strategy and tactics. Dr. Sebastian Gorka will provide an
overview of these core texts, including their history, evolution and
application. Familiarity with and understanding of these texts is
essential for anyone engaged in counter-terrorism, from the
policymaker to the investigator to the street cop.

Together
these texts reveal not only the ideological foundation for jihad but
also the strategy and tactics. Dr. Sebastian Gorka provides an
overview of these core texts, including their history, evolution and
application. Familiarity with and understanding of these texts is
essential for anyone engaged in counter-terrorism, from the
policymaker to the investigator to the street cop. These four texts
have come to be recognized as constituting a canon in jihadist
thinking:

Sayyid
Qutb
Milestones

Abdullah
Azzam
Defense
of the Muslim Lands

S.
K. Malik
The
Quranic Concept of Power

Ayman
Al-Zawahiri
Knights
Under the Prophet’s Banner

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The
Enemy Has a Plan

The
message of my presentation is a simple one. Firstly, if you want to
understand the enemy, as one British policeman put it, “Read what
they say.” These individuals are not shy, they like the limelight.
The CIA’s Open Source Center, for example, has compiled a huge
unclassified co